Gopalakrishnan Srikanth is a Carnatic music concert and dance musician,  one of the most sought after artistes in the dance field. Endowed with a bhava rich voice,  Srikanth has made a mark as a well rounded musician.

For him, his mother Leelavathy Gopalakrishnan was  first guru.  Proudly say that he learnt almost 2000 kritis from her and strong foundation in music was because of her wonderful training. In 1978,  came under the tutelage of Sangita Kalanidhi TM Tyagarajan, with whom trained for seven years. After that, vidwan OS Thiagarajan trained  for many years. Have learnt compositions from many stalwarts as well. Holding  Masters degree in Indian Music from Madras University.